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$75M LAWSUIT CLAIMS CASINO LET MAN DRINK TO DEATH
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A lawsuit claims a Mississippi casino served so much alcohol to a man taking powerful prescription painkillers that he died on the floor of his hotel bathroom.
The lawsuit against IP Casino Resort and Spa in Biloxi was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. It seeks damages of $75 million.
The suit claims casino workers kept serving free drinks to 30-year-old Bryan Lee Glenn in August 2009, ignoring pleas from the drunken man’s family to stop serving him.
The suit says Glenn died in his hotel room. He’d taken prescribed painkillers including Percocet, morphine and Xanax, as well as antipsychotic medications in the three weeks before his death, the lawsuit says.
Unneutral
July 28th, 2012
ignoring pleas from the drunken man’s family to stop serving him.??
If his own family can’t control his actions why should the casino be responsible…Oh, that’s right, the casino has lots of money.
Open-Heart Perjury
July 28th, 2012
“Percocet, morphine and Xanax, as well as antipsychotic medications”
Sounds like he committed suicide. How much was he paying the casino to babysit him?
judgeroybean
July 28th, 2012
Let me guess: the Casino is owned by a Conservative, the effin lawyers are obammie the commie supporters, and the dead guy is not responsible for any of his actions.
Jerry Manderin
July 28th, 2012
Sue Big Pharma that got into bed with Obamacare. Alcohol was the least of this dude’s worries.
Tea Party’s next conquest after the election? Tort reform!
Pickled Liver
July 28th, 2012
I’m guessing the Casino itself was probably a Tea Party member – Oh! Sorry, that was another Spa and Resort!
As long as nobody takes responsibility for their actions, and not made to pay expenses for frivolous lawsuits they’ll keep on coming!
Tony R
July 28th, 2012
There has never been a shortage of attorneys. Maybe we should create one?
bitterclinger
July 28th, 2012
Tony R — I doubt there will ever be a shortage of them, but if you ever go to Instapundit, he’s been documenting all the lawsuits against universities who give fraudulent projections/stats for those completing their legal programs (who, if they’re lucky, find jobs at Starbucks). Irony’s a beeyotch, ain’t it?
Sapper Chris
July 28th, 2012
The article is hilarious. The guys family watched him pick up and pay for a hooker, who took money out of his pocket and the guys mother argued with the hooker to put it back. That was ok, that he was high as a kite and drunk picking up hookers and blowing $1000 a hand of their settlement money that was to be a down payment on a new place to live on blackjack, but the casino gave him FREE DRINKS! That was the bridge too far? The fact they knew his medical history, prescriptions, AND the only intervention they tried was asking the casino to turn a patron away is asinine. They could have at any time grabbed him and dragged him out, or told a security guard the guy was belligerent (which incidentally, he was tossed later by security so the casino DID act). No, these are parasites and should get exactly nothing but a free sterilization and a bill for wasting oxygen.
Tracy
July 28th, 2012
HE PUTS HIMSELF THROUGH THIS & THEY WANT $75M?
Glenn’s mind was made up WAY before he showed up to play black jack, drink heavily, pursue an opportunistic hooker, and only gave a flying f__k for doin his own thing. RIP GLENN!
NObama2012!
norman einstein
July 28th, 2012
As nature abhors a vacuum, libtards are always able to find someone to blame.
And it’s NEVER the “victim”.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
scr_north
July 28th, 2012
Unless and until the US gets some meaningful tort reform the legal ground will be cluttered by these and other get rich quick schemes. Part of the reason medical costs are high is to cover huge malpractice insurance premiums another reason is defensive prescribing by doctors because of lawsuits. This fellow was quite obviously not in control of himself but it’s not the casino’s job to stop him. Hell, if they had the ACLU would be suing them for infringing on his rights to be an ass.
4-Day's Ride
July 29th, 2012
If they win, then anybody who ends up dead after a drunken stupor could make the same case.
Way too fuckin many lawyers is this country.
ForTheRepublic
July 29th, 2012
Can I sue my parents for giving me blue eyes.
I really wanted brown